GOOD
NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
Directed
and Co-Scripted by George Clooney
Reviewed
by Cardinal Cox
DVD of this film availalble from Amazon.co.uk: Good Night And Good Luck
Good Night, and Good Luck [Blu-ray]
DVDs of this film availalble from Amazon.com: Good Night And Good Luck
Good Night And Good Luck [Blu-ray]
Write Dope on Pnuk part 16
George Clooney, actor for a
'Killer Tomato' movie and some TV hospital drama, here directs
his second film. The first, 'Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind' (unfortunately
without Robin Asquith), was about a TV star who later claimed to
be an assassin for the CIA. In this movie, also related to TV, he
focuses on Fifties American news presenter Edward R. Murrow, who
took on Joseph McCarthy over his techniques. This, of course, led
Murrow to be accused of being a Communist himself (and, well yes,
we had better admit that the KGB did want to infiltrate the
American Government, etc.).
What really strikes about ths black and white movie is how much
people smoked in the Fifties. Ed Murrow smokes while presenting
his show. Another world indeed.
Interesting film about censorship and freedom, by an ex-TV star
who's turning into quite a subversive.
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